Vice President Biden’s motorcade was involved in a fatal accident Wednesday

By Jordy Yager - 11/11/09 01:09 PM ET
Two Secret Service employees driving along the Suitland Parkway struck and killed a man early Wednesday morning in the vehicles the agency uses to transport Vice President Joe Biden.

Biden was not in either the armored SUV or limousine at the time of the crash.

The vehicles had just been flown back to the D.C.-area from Fort Lewis, Wash., where they had driven the vice president before and after he spoke to a crowd of troops for Veterans Day.

Sgt. David Schlosser, spokesman for the U.S. Park Police, said the crash happened at 2:27 a.m. on Wednesday in Temple Hills, Md., at the intersection of Suitland Parkway and Naylor Road. The victim, whose name was not released because his next of kin had not been notified, was pronounced dead at Prince George’s Hospital on Wednesday morning, Schlosser said.

The circumstances of the accident, such as the color of the traffic light and the speed of the vehicles, were unclear but the Park Police was investigating.

Secret Service spokesman Malcolm Wiley said the employees involved in the accident remained at the scene and administered first aid to the man until an ambulance arrived to take him to the hospital.

As is customary Secret Service policy, the armored vehicles were flown to Fort Lewis on a military aircraft for the Tuesday event. They returned to the Air Force base in Maryland on Wednesday morning and the Secret Service employees were driving west along the Suitland Parkway to return them to a secure storage facility in D.C., which Wiley declined to name.

Obviously, if he wouldn't have taken that trip the cars wouldn't have been driving there.:D

RobJohnson

11-12-2009, 02:27 AM

Completely Bidens Fault.

:D

GrumpyOldLady

11-12-2009, 07:51 AM

Serious input .... We live in Wilmington DE. When Bidens motorcade comes through it's a hazard.
They drive SUVs and weave all over the road to keep traffic away from the main cars.
The intersection at Barley Mill Road ... Near St. Josephs Church .. is especially dangerous.
(I think Biden lives on Old Barley Mill Road .. not sure)
They weave and nearly run cars off the road.
AND there is no big sign on them saying - '2nd family members are here .. stay away'.
They just act like road hogs and idiots.

Gingersnap

11-12-2009, 10:52 AM

An SUV was involved - an armored SUV. That planet-killing gas-guzzler probably rampaged across the median to specifically target the helpless pedestrian.

Why is this news? Unless Biden was himself behind the wheel, this is just another traffic accident. :rolleyes:

lacarnut

11-12-2009, 03:42 PM

Completely Bidens Fault.

If Bush had been in office, him and every Repub down to the Justice of Peace from BFE would have been blamed by the liberal media.:confused:

Puggsy

11-13-2009, 01:32 PM

If Bush had been in office, him and every Repub down to the Justice of Peace from BFE would have been blamed by the liberal media.:confused: